Making Sense of a New Employment Relationship: Psychological Contract- Related Information Seeking and the Role of Work Values and Locus of Control

Ans De Vos, Dirk Buyens and R. Schalk
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Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium from Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Abstract: This paper explores the information-seeking behaviors newcomers engage in relating to their psychological contract and addresses the impact of work values (Autonomy, Advancement, Group Orientation and Economic Rewards) and Work Locus of Control. We propose that these individual characteristics could explain differences in the frequency with which newcomers search for information about the promises their employer has made to them. A two-wave longitudinal study was conducted in which 527 newcomers from eight organizations (representing 3 sectors) participated. The results largely support the proposed relationships between work values and contract-related information seeking, while the relation between Work Locus of Control and contract-related information seeking is rather weak. Implications for psychological contract formation are discussed.

Keywords: Psychological contracts; Information Seeking; Work Values; Locus of Control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2003-12
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